William T. Vollmann, a novelist who is a senior contributing writer for Spin, was slightly injured by the blast and taken to a Spanish military hospital in the region, said Maj. Antonio Albariz, a spokesman for Spanish U. He said Vollman, 34, of Sacramento, Calif. Brinton contacted Magnolia News on April 25 from Croatia, offering his photographs for free if the paper would give him press credentials, and the paper agreed, editor Jack Arends said Sunday in Seattle.
Brinton owned a landscaping business in Seattle and had advertised with the weekly, but had never done any work for it, Arends said. Albariz said the car ran over a mine at about 4 p. The dam is on the front line between Bosnian Croat and Muslim-led government forces in the region. The road was marked as being mined, he said. Mostar was the scene of bitter fighting between Croats and Muslims when their alliance against Bosnian Serbs broke up last spring.
But the area has been quiet for weeks since the two sides signed an agreement in Washington in March to form a federation in Bosnia. May 2, Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
